Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z steplength The length of a step (or of a stride) stepless Without a step or steps. steplessly In a stepless manner. steplessness Absence of steps. steplike Resembling or characteristic of a step. steply Step by step; gradually; in steps; stepwise. stepma A stepmother. stepmam Stepmother. stepmama stepmother stepmamma stepmother stepmeal One step at a time; step by step; gradually; by degrees. stepmom Stepmother. stepmomma stepmother stepmommy stepmother stepmother A person or thing likened to a stereotypical stepmother, having cold, cruel, or ungenerous qualities. stepmotherhood The state of being a stepmother. stepmotherless Without a stepmother. stepmotherliness The quality of being stepmotherly. stepmotherly Like or befitting a stepmother stepmum Stepmother. stepmummy stepmother stepnephew The son of one's stepbrother or stepsister stepney A spare wheel. Stepneygate The 2007 Formula One espionage controversy. Stepnica A town in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. stepniece The daughter of one's stepbrother or stepsister Stepnohirsk A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Stepnohirsk settlement hromada, Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1921. stepony A cooling drink made with raisins and sugar. stepover A type of espalier where the tree or bush is made to grow horizontally above the ground, like a fence-rail. Stepp A surname. steppa A stepfather. steppable Capable of being traversed or controlled by steps. steppage A high-stepping gait sometimes used to compensate for foot drop. stepparent One's parent's spouse who is not one's biological parent. stepparental Relating to a stepparent stepparenthood The state or relationship of being a stepparent. stepparenting The role of a stepparent. steppe The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. stepped Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs. steppeland The land comprising the steppe. steppelike Resembling or characteristic of a steppe. stepper A person or animal that steps, especially energetically or high. steppes A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia. steppic Pertaining to a steppe. steppification The process of becoming a steppe. stepping The act of taking a step. Steppingley A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0135). steppogenin An organic compound found in the tree Artocarpus dadah. Stepps A settlement in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6568). stepquote A message in the grid of a crossword, split between multiple lights and arranged in a zigzag or steplike pattern. steprelation Anybody in a steprelationship: a stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, etc. steprelationship A relationship between immediate family members not related by blood, such as stepparent and stepchild. steprelative Any person identified as a non-blood relative but who is related through the marriage of a parent. stepronin A particular mucolytic. steps a course followed by a person in walking or as walking stepsib A stepsibling. stepsibling The child of one's stepparent by a previous relationship. stepside With the fenders and wheel wells outside of the main body shell. stepsis A stepsister. stepsister The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship. stepsisterhood The condition of being a stepsister. stepsisterly Of, or befitting, a stepsister. stepsize The size of a step. stepson The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship. stepstone A stone laid before a door as a stair to step on when entering or leaving the house; a doorstep. stepstool A stool with built-in steps for climbing onto it, used for reaching high objects. steptavidin A protein, having a structure containing four cavities, that has a high affinity for biotin stepteen A teenaged stepchild. Stepter A surname. Steptoan An age from 494.5 to 493 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian. Steptoe A surname. stepuncle The brother of one's mother's husband (stepfather) or father's wife (stepmother). stepway Synonym of stairway. stepwedge An aluminium block, of varying thickness, used to standardise radiographic exposures stepwell A well in which the water can be reached by descending a set of steps. stepwife The ex-wife of one's spouse. stepwise One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal stepwisely In a stepwise manner; step by step. stepwork A construction in the form of steps. steradian In the International System of Units, the derived unit of solid angle; the solid angle subtended at the centre of a sphere of radius r by a portion of the surface of the sphere that has area r². Symbol: sr steradiancy The rate of radiation transfer from a surface for each steradian of solid angle in a specified direction per unit area of cross section of the radiation perpendicular to that direction sterane A tetracyclic hydrocarbon related to the steroids Sterba A surname from Czech. Sterbfritz A community in Sinntal, Hesse, Germany. stercobilin A tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, one of the end products of heme catabolism, responsible for the brown colour of human faeces stercobilinogen A degradation product of bilirubin from which stercobilin is produced by dehydrogenation stercolin coprostanol stercolith fecolith stercomare A mass of stercomata in an organic tube stercome An extracellular pellet of waste material produced by some groups of foraminiferans. stercophagic Dung-eating. stercophagous Dung-eating. stercoraceous Consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces. stercoral stercoraceous; fecal stercoranism The belief or doctrine of stercoranists. stercoranist One who believes that the Eucharist undergoes the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient, not just in the empirical accidents of its elements, but as the body and blood of Christ. stercorarian Synonym of stercoranist. stercorariid Any seabird in the family Stercorariidae; a skua. stercorarious Of or relating to dung. stercorary A sheltered place for storing dung. stercorate excrement; dung stercoration Manuring with dung. stercorianism The doctrine or belief of the stercoranists. stercoricolous Inhabiting deposits of excrement. stercorin coprostanol stercorite A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium. stercoroma Synonym of fecaloma. stercorous fecal; manurelike stercory excrement; dung stercovorous dung-eating sterculate Any salt or ester of sterculic acid sterculia Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs, of the genus Sterculia, many of which bear commercially important, oil-rich seeds sterculiaceous Of or relating to the family Sterculiaceae (a former name for Malvaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical, including the cocoa plant. sterculic Of or pertaining to sterculic acid or its derivatives. Sterculius The god of manure or fertilizer. stere A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre. stereaceous Of or relating to the Stereaceae. stereid A plant cell with thickened cell walls providing mechanical support. Sterek The ship of characters Stiles Stilinski and Derek Hale from the television series Teen Wolf. stereo A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two or more channels, each playing a portion of the original sound at different locations in order to simulate the separation of sources along at least one spatial dimension. stereoacuity stereoscopic acuity stereoangiography stereoscopic angiography stereoanomaly A defect in stereopsis stereobate The foundation, typically of a stone building. stereobatic Of or relating to a stereobate. stereobinocular stereoscopic and binocular stereobiomicroscopic Relating to stereo biomicroscopy stereoblastula A blastula without a clear central cavity. stereoblind Unable to use stereopsis for depth perception. stereoblindness The inability to use stereopsis for depth perception. stereoblock Describing a stereoregular block polymer stereobond A graphic representation of the steric nature of a bond, usually by employing the form of a wedge or a dash stereocamera A camera, fitted with two lenses, that can produce stereoscopic photographs stereocaulaceous Of or relating to the Stereocaulaceae. stereocentre Any atom in a molecule such that the interchange of two of its substituent groups leads to the formation of a stereoisomer. stereochemic Of or pertaining to stereochemistry stereochemical Of or pertaining to stereochemistry stereochemically In a stereochemical manner stereochemist A chemist involved in the field of stereochemistry. stereochemistry the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species stereochromatic Synonym of stereochromic. stereochrome A picture produced by stereochromy. stereochromic Relating to stereochromy. stereochromically By means of stereochromy. stereochromy The painting of murals using pigments mixed with water glass stereocilial Of or pertaining to stereocilia stereociliar Relating to the stereocilium. stereociliary Of or pertaining to the stereocilia stereocilin A protein associated with the stereocilia of the inner ear. stereocilium Any of many nonmotile cellular structures resembling long microvilli; those of the inner ear are responsible for auditory transduction